Meet Phobaeticus serratipes, commonly known as the giant walking stick or giant stick insect. This enormous insect takes camouflage to another level, mimicking twigs, branches, or leaves to avoid ...

A twig is actually just one of many disguises for the Australian walking stick insect. The Australian walking stick is a master of deception, but a twig is just one of its many disguises.

The strange blue-greyish creature appears to be half ... in order to get to the bottom of the mystery. “This is a walking stick insect, in the family Phasmatidae,” Nikolai Tatarnic, Curator ...

It is common for insects to only live a certain amount of weeks or months. However, the walking stick can live upwards of three years, said National Geographic Kids. Native to Texas, New Mexico ...

“This is a walking stick insect, in the family Phasmatidae,” Aussie entomologist Nikolai Tatarnic told News.com.au. “Phasmids are herbivores and are not venomous.” He explained that along ...